Ecuador's Minister of Defense informed that the Armed Forces will guarantee the electoral process
Ecuador's Minister of Defense Luis Lara Jaramillo warned in a press conference on Thursday that the mafias have declared a war on the Latin American nation and that the Armed Forces and the state will respond with all their power to defend the country. teleSUR
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00:00 Ecuador's Minister of Defense Luis Lara warned in a press conference on Thursday that the
00:05 mafias have declared war on the American nation and that the armed forces and the state will
00:12 respond with all the power to defend the country.
00:15 The minister also informed that the armed forces will be deployed through the country
00:19 to guarantee the electoral process.
00:22 "It is necessary to understand that the mafias have declared war on Ecuador and that
00:29 the state and the armed forces will respond with all their power to confront the murderers,
00:41 their accomplices, those who finance them and those who protect them.
00:49 You can be sure that the armed forces will act with a firm hand against military groups,
00:54 against hired killers, against terrorists.
00:58 The country is facing a decisive battle to protect democracy, security and peace in the
01:04 face of the brutal threats of transnational crime, drug trafficking and terrorism."
01:14 The armed forces have begun the immediate deployment of their troops throughout the
01:18 national territory in order to guarantee their presence in every city and in every parish.
01:24 They will remain there until the conclusion of the electoral process.